UNLV coach Dave Rice says the shoulder injury that limited star freshman Anthony Bennett to only four minutes Saturday isn’t serious and that he should be near 100 percent by the Rebels’ game Saturday at rival Nevada.

Rice said Bennett, who is averaging 17.0 points and 8.4 rebounds, slept on the shoulder wrong the night before last weekend’s Wyoming game and thus struggled with stiffness all day Saturday.

Anthony Bennett's shoulder injury is not serious. (AP Photo)

The Rebels won 65-42 even though Bennett was limited to just 0-for-2 shooting and four minutes.

“I didn’t think it was that serious until he couldn’t get a rebound,” UNLV center Khem Birch told reporters after the Wyoming game. “He couldn’t even take off his shorts in the locker room. It was really hurting him.”

UNLV has won four of its last five games but is 2 ½ games behind Mountain West leader New Mexico.